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OVERFLOW

/ˈəʊvəˌfləʊ/8 letters

Definition of OVERFLOW

noun

The spillage resultant from overflowing.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferflōwan, equivalent to over- + flow.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

OVERFLOW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its one board, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
59
First board
36
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.

First found by a player on Day 59, 18 July 2026.

Built from these letters

OVERFLOW
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

OVERFLOW starts with O and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EFLOORVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start OVERFL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OVERFLOW?

OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 59 - and most players walked straight past it.

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